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==**Welcome to Concordia Chicago EDT 6030 - Vernon Hills HS Cohort**==

** Agenda for Tuesday, Sept 20 **
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 * **Review class norms and mission** (Revisions?)
 * **Advisor Rhoda WIlliams**
 * **Philosophy of Learning Communities**- Everyone is a learner and teacher. PLC's are driven by a shared vision for student learning with clearly defined goals and strategies. The successful community is modeled by distributed leadership, collaborative decision-making, peer review, and ongoing inquiry and reflection.
 * **Three C's - Conversation, Contention, Committment**
 * **What abut Online Learning Communities?**
 * **Student Characteristics:**
 * **Online Requirements:** people, purpose, policies, computer systems, collaborative learning and reflective practice (Palloff & Pratt)
 * **Facilitator's Role:** Creating an environment of honesty, responsiveness, relevance, respect, openness and empowerment (Palloff & Pratt, p.228)
 * **Learner's Role:** Active and engaged knowledge generator, collaborator, process manager ((Palloff & Pratt, p.119-124)
 * **Distance Learning vs. Blended Learning:**Advantages & Disadvantages
 * Asynchronous vs. Synchronous
 * Content Managed Systems and course delivery (Blackboard, Moodle, Edmodo)
 * Transformative Learning and the Role of Technology (Palloff & Pratt, p.187)
 * **Technology Tools Presentations**
 * Google Docs demonstrated by Brian
 * Google Sites
 * Twitter
 * [|Survey Monkey]
 * Google Forms and Surveys
 * [|Jing]
 * Moodle
 * [|Crocodocs]
 * Wikispaces - Charlene
 * Social Bookmarking - Charlene
 * Doodle - Scheduling - Charlene


 * Charlene's PLN Social Media Tools **
 * Skype, Google Chat , Facetime
 * Adobe Connect , Blackboard Elluminate
 * Twitter
 * Facebook
 * Linkedin
 * Chatzy
 * Wikispaces or PBWorks
 * Ning- Classroom2.0, iPads in Education, The Future of Education
 * Doodle
 * Delicious or Diigo
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Google App for Education: Google Reader, Google Alerts, Google Docs, Google Forms, Google Sites
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">RSS
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wallwisher
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nicenet.org
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jing
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Slideshare
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">iTunes U - Podcasts
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Zamzar Video Conversion]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">DropBox
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Evernote
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Atomic Learning
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">YouTube
 * PD360

> //Students will jigsaw readings (handouts) and provide summaries// >>
 * **Discussion about Professional Development as it relates to Learning Communities**
 * What is professional development?
 * Why is PD important?
 * What impact does PD have on learning?
 * Site examples of PD training you would like in your district?
 * **SMART Goals:** Strategic, Measurable, Attainable, Results oriented, Time bound (Dufour, Dufour, Eaker, Many p. 158)
 * **Upcoming Assignments**, **Due dates**, **Questions**